The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-01


this country. o was he born 70 the
name Of Stanley. His early life gave
little promise % . great csreer. He
Was christened John Rowlands. and
remained John Rowlands until be was
nearly grown up; and ''John Row
lands" donbtless might have been
made ~ famous - Henry n. STAN
ley" Il he had not given Il up for that
% the New Orleans merchant who
adopted him. but who. dying soon
after. left him nothing but the name.
Il II q good name a AL events; better.
undoubtedly. for . famous person than
''Rowlands;" for greatness had already
become attached to Il before the great
explorer took L. Have we not had q
great statesman, q great ecclesiastic
and scholar who wore Il, and has not
Scott given N . line which might serve
as the motto of our hero.
-sOn. Stanley. on'f
Stanley has never disowned his par
cntage. or has he attempted TO conceal
the fact that when he was three years
old. his parents dying. he was sent 10
St. Asaph's p~oor-house, where he re-
manned ten years and got sufficient
schooling TO enable him to teach q year
before he sailed as cabinboy for New
Orleans. Denbigh. Wales, was his
birthplace. and 1910 was the year in
which he began his short career as
.Rowlands." As STANLEY he served
in the Confederate army. was taken
prisoner. entered the United States
navy. and became ensign. His expert
ence. both as soldier n sailor, has
been Of signal service to him in his
perilous journeys BY land and water in
Africa.
In 1896. after a trip as newspaper
correspondent in Turkey and Asia
Minor. he revisited Wales and gave q
dinner to the children Of ST. Asaph's
and told them what ST. Asaph's had
done for him.
Stanley appears in the picture which
faces the title page of the second vol
ume Of his Through the Dark Cont
net" with white hair. which must have
been very becoming 10 his ruddy face
A youthful 'countenance i often mad
much more attractive, especially Il tn
features are somewhat hard and coarse
As ! n the case Of our hero. ifthe softening
mellowing influence Of a full crown Q
white hair accompanies it. II gives al
air Of dignity and distinction whic|
otherwise we would sometimes miss Il
young men whose names are associates
with great deeds. IL is as a crown o
honor and wisdom and gentleness-
Stanley's life in the wilds Of Afric
among wild beasts and wild tribes
with the comforts. the. society, the in
fuence Of civilization entirely wanting
in almost constant peril from a variet
: Of sources. and entirely absorbed in'th
| great task before him. offered little or
p~ortunity for the cultivation Of I'll
: graces. the ~sympathies, the amenitie
Of refined existence though he has ha'
plenty Of royal and noble society i
I Europe. A mans face must reflect i
some degree the character Of his CON
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